Kirubel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kee-roo-BEL
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kirubel is a boys' name of Amharic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Kirubel come from?
Amharic: Ethiopian name, apparently linked with kirub 'cherub'
Is Kirubel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirubel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kirubel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kirubel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kirubel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Kirubel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kirubel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Kirubel in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirubel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Kirubel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Zakariya, Mustafa, Hamza, Zayan, Zayd, Zayaan, Ismail, Yahya
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kirubel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirubel, updated 20 October 2026.